To present performing and visual Arts programs and workshops of professional quality to learners of all ages, and to provide teacher training in integrating the Arts into school curriculums.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$80K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $13K a year · 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$80K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $99K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$119K
29% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 29% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$725K
Spent
$672K
To programs
85%
Net assets
$284K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$725K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$725K
FY2021$797K
FY2022$859K
FY2023$872K
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.1M
Expenses
$672K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$672K
FY2021$588K
FY2022$730K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.2M
Net assets
$284K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$284K
FY2021$492K
FY2022$621K
FY2023$473K
FY2024$241K
FY2025$150K

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1968.

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Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $569K Management & general 11% · $75K Fundraising 4% · $29K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

15 people listed on the 990; $80K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Di
$80,250Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Daisy McGowan’s $90K as Executive Di is at the 25th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Daisy McGowan$90,342$93,475————
Jennifer Olson——$80,111$90,865$88,002$80,250

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers professional arts programs and teacher training to integrate arts into schools.

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2 programs · $569K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Organizing and presenting assembly programs, workshops, and residencies in schools and community settings by professional artists.

$569Kprogram expense
02

Presenting teacher training institutes in partnership with the university of denver to assist teachers in integrating the arts into their lesson plans.

Pt IX · col B

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
RedlineFY2024$10K
Total grants receivedfrom 7 funders$99K
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Grants paid · 48 grants · $876K · 2023–2024
Stillwater MusicCO · FY2024$25,000
VoicesCO · FY2024$20,000
Resilience1220 INCCO · FY2024$20,000
New Cottage Arts INCCO · FY2024$20,000
Latino Cultural Arts CenterCO · FY2024$20,000
Flatland Makers Guild- a Devision OFY2024$20,000
Feel the Beat CorpCO · FY2024$20,000
Etm-Colorado INCCO · FY2024$20,000
Downtown Aurora Visual ArtsCO · FY2024$20,000
Access GalleryCO · FY2024$20,000
El Sistema ColoradoCO · FY2024$19,000
Ah Haa School for the ArtsCO · FY2024$18,000
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$725K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$647K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$70K
Other incomeLn 4–11$8K
Money outPt IX
$672K
Ln 25
Programscol B$569K
Managementcol C$75K
Fundraisingcol D$29K
Owns and owesPt X
$284K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$393K
Total assetsLn 16$403K
LiabilitiesLn 26$119K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$647K
Government grantsLn 1e$375K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$70K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Other incomeLn 4–11$8K
Total revenueLn 12$725K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$43K
SavingsLn 2$351K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$393K
Total assetsLn 16$403K
LiabilitiesLn 26$119K
Net assetsLn 32$284K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$231K$393K
Total assetsLn 16$264K$403K
LiabilitiesLn 26$33K$119K
Net assetsLn 32$231K$284K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$38K$38K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$94K$85K$7K$2K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$239K$215K$18K$6K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$23K$20K$2K$569
Payroll taxesLn 10$26K$23K$2K$640
Accounting feesLn 11c$24K$24K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$14K$14K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$38K$32K$5K$925
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$1K$1K$651
Office expensesLn 13$11K$9K$2K$541
OccupancyLn 16$6K$5K$859$286
TravelLn 17$9K$6K$3K$457
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K$3K$1K$655
InsuranceLn 23$4K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$127K$123K$4K$970
All other expensesLn 24e$13K$10K$3K$721
Total functional expensesLn 25$672K$569K$75K$29K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.1M$1.2M−$90K$150K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.1M$1.3M−$232K$241K 990 PDF
FY2023 $872K$1.0M−$149K$473K 990 PDF
FY2022 $859K$730K$129K$621K 990 PDF
FY2021 $797K$588K$209K$492K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $725K$672K$53K$284K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $725,269 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $550,177$646,795
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $133,053$69,511
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,229$1,235
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$5,266$7,728
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $679,193$725,269
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $35,500$38,000
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $337,452$380,853
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$14,000
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $277,914$239,612
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $650,866$672,465
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $28,327$52,804
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $725,269 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$375,298
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$271,497
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$646,795
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $69,511$69,511
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,235$1,235
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $7,378$7,378
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $350$350
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $69,861 · Excluded from tax $8,613$725,269
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $672,465 across 16 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $38,000$38,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $84,584 · Management $7,049 · Fundraising $2,349$93,982
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $214,691 · Management $17,891 · Fundraising $5,963$238,545
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $20,463 · Management $1,705 · Fundraising $569$22,737
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $23,030 · Management $1,919 · Fundraising $640$25,589
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $23,550$23,550
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $14,000$14,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $32,225 · Management $4,623 · Fundraising $925$37,773
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,301 · Management $1,301 · Fundraising $651$3,253
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,651 · Management $1,622 · Fundraising $541$10,814
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,581 · Management $859 · Fundraising $286$5,726
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,933 · Management $2,738 · Fundraising $457$9,128
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,711 · Management $1,309 · Fundraising $655$4,675
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $4,267$4,267
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $122,593 · Management $3,810 · Fundraising $970$127,373
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $9,753 · Management $2,579 · Fundraising $721$13,053
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $568,516 · Management $75,222 · Fundraising $28,727$672,465
Part X · Balance sheet $402,710 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $118,973$42,761
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $112,485$350,714
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $27,261$3,678
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,748$5,557
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $264,467$402,710
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $30,093$15,731
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $3,250$33,451
X-25 Other liabilities$69,600
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $33,343$118,782
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $180,598$184,232
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $50,526$99,696
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $231,124$283,928
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $264,467$402,710
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $283,928 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$725,269
XI-2 Total expenses$672,465
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$52,804
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$231,124
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$283,928

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